Week Calendar

Stories, songs, sign language, and bounces for kids ages 0-18 months old and their caregivers. No registration required.

Jamie Stark, the Adult System of Care Coordinator from Bridgeway, is available to meet one on one with community members and direct them to the appropriate services to meet their needs.

Stories, songs, and movement, geared toward kids ages 5 and under with an adult.

Learn all about owls and what they eat as we dissect owl pellets! For kids in grades K-6; advance registration required.

Meet at Libby's Corner to plant seeds, make garden crafts, dig in the dirt, and more. Open to all ages; kids under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult. 

Join us as we revamp Buzzwords Book Club! Book discussions will be on the hottest titles on social media. Enjoy tasty donuts, meet new people, and help choose what books we read!

In Where the Deer and the Antelope Play, actor Nick Offerman takes a humorous and inspiring trip to America’s trails, farms, and frontier to examine the people who inhabit the land and what that land means to us

Jasmine Garcia of River Bend Food Bank will be available to help patrons apply for SNAP benefits. 

Jamie Stark, the Adult System of Care Coordinator from Bridgeway, is available to meet one on one with community members and direct them to the appropriate services to meet their needs.

Test your video game skills in a kart race against other teens! Advance sign-up is required.

Learn how to use our new microfilm machines! Make an appointment at the Reference Desk or call 309-343-6118.

Join us for a showing of a family-friendly movie that relates to our Summer Reading theme: Read, Renew, Repeat! Free and open to kids of all ages and their caregivers. Children under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult. 

Come build with LEGO blocks to your heart's content. For kids of all ages with an adult.

The Friends of the Library will meet to discuss accepting donations for their annual book sale. 

Note: this meeting is being held in a new location. 

Meet at the library for a kid-friendly introduction to the world of Dungeons & Dragons. We'll cover the basics of tabletop role playing games and then play through a self-contained adventure. No previous experience needed!

A turtle on a skateboard? A monkey driving a car? Come hear funny stories and enjoy activities together, all centered around animals on the go! Family storytimes are open to kids of all ages, together with their caregivers.

Join the Library’s Teen Advisory Board, where you can make YOUR voice heard about the library!

Time to make fashion out of trash! Upcycle materials into jackets, necklaces, etc. and model them on the red
carpet. For grades 5-7. Advance registration required.

In Where the Deer and the Antelope Play, actor Nick Offerman takes a humorous and inspiring trip to America’s trails, farms, and frontier to examine the people who inhabit the land and what that land means to us.

Express your creativity or mood, or visualize your goals for the summer by creating a collage, mood board, or vision board!

Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only with crucifixes and iron faith.